About this role

An exciting 12-month opportunity has arisen within CNWL Foundation Trust’s Rapid Access Services (RAS) team. This role offers the chance to develop advanced clinical and leadership skills within a dynamic multidisciplinary service delivering integrated community healthcare.

RAS works closely with acute trusts, social care and third-sector partners to provide acute care in the community, helping people remain safely at home, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge.

The service includes three pathways

Discharge to Assess (D2A), supporting safe hospital discharge through urgent home-based therapy;Urgent Community Response (UCR), providing rapid assessment and intervention to prevent admission; andCamden Hospital at Home (H@H), a Consultant-led service delivering hospital-level care in patients’ homes. UCR also incorporates theUrgent Falls Pick-Up Service, responding within two hours to support non-injured fallers.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a diverse caseload, using advanced clinical reasoning to assess and manage complex patients across innovative community pathways. The role also provides valuable leadership experience through involvement in service development, quality improvement, workforce planning, recruitment, supervision and collaborative working across health and social care.

As a Band 7 Physiotherapist within Camden Rapid Access Services (RAS), you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred acute and rehabilitative care within the community across the Discharge to Assess (D2A), Urgent Community Response (UCR), Hospital at Home (H@H) and Urgent Falls Pick-Up pathways. You will undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with complex physical, functional and social needs, using advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to formulate and deliver effective management plans. Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support admission avoidance, facilitate timely hospital discharge, and promote recovery and independence within patients' own homes. The post holder will provide clinical leadership within the service, supporting junior staff and students through supervision, teaching and appraisal, while contributing to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the ongoing evolution of integrated community care pathways. You will work collaboratively with acute trusts, primary care, social care and third-sector partners, ensuring seamless patient care and helping to reduce pressures on acute hospital services through innovative and responsive community-based interventions.

Shift work (earlies, lates and long days) as well as flexible working opportunities
Buy & Sell Annual Leave
NHS Pension Scheme

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Employee Assistance Programme

A free and confidential service to help with personal life

Structured induction process using the New Starter Roadmap throughout the first 12 months and beyond

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A range of staff networks

The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network; Disabled Employees Network;Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network;Carers at Work Network; Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)

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Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

Patient Safety

The Senior Physiotherapist contributes to the provision of safe and reliable services by

Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
Being open and transparent about their own practice
Supervising the work of others
Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements

As the regulatory body, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of both occupational therapists and physiotherapists. All therapists must be registered with the HCPC and adhere to the relevant Professional Standards and Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

The Senior Physiotherapist will often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced therapists and staff without a professional qualification
Providing skilled, evidence-based care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members

Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by

Communicating well with all members of the team
Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives
Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes

Patient Experience

The Senior Physiotherapist will contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:

Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector
Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trust’s values are embedded in all practice
Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy.

Supporting yourself and others

All services and teams in the Trust should be able to demonstrate that they are meeting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards of care. The Senior Physiotherapist is expected to be a clinical leader playing an active role in ensuring that the team understands the CQC standards and what individual team members do to help achieve those standards by:

Taking a lead role in gathering and recording evidence which demonstrates that CQC and locally agreed standards are being met: assessing the performance of the whole team by using audit and benchmarking exercises and often contribute to the implementation of quality improvement initiatives
Contributing to the performance management of teams and creating a positive culture in which the team can learn from mistakes and is enthusiastic to improve
Deputising for the Therapy Lead and ensuring that there is no fall in performance in their absence. This may include managing the team and coordinating shifts.
To undertake the role of Practice Supervisor

Engaged staff are more productive and the Senior Physiotherapist will play a role in engaging in other staff members in the trust and the work we do by:

Providing supervision and annual appraisals to individuals and giving constructive, regular feedback which helps those individuals reflect on their work, understand their objectives and the CQC standards and monitor their progress towards achieving them
Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
Using continuing professional development funds to develop a relevant clinical specialism, gain sign-off mentorship skills or undertake accredited leadership modules.

Service Specific Responsibilities

To provide supervision, annual appraisal and monitoring the work of RAS therapists (Band 5 & 6), therapy assistants and students.
Complete DATIX investigations and Initial Learning Reviews (ILRs), as delegated by the service leads.
Actively participate / lead in clinical handover.
Using HealthRoster, participate in rota planning; finalise day to day bank/agency shifts; book temporary workers as required.

Leadership and Management

To contribute to the recruitment and selection of staff for the team and to participate in

induction and orientation programmes

To manage and co-ordinate the work of Physiotherapists and therapy assistants, monitoring and appraising their performance, offering support, development and training as appropriate.
To take responsibility for ensuring own mandatory training is up to date and those of the team members are similarly.
Monitoring Statutory and Mandatory training compliance for supervisees, ensuring where staff are not compliant, there is a plan in place to become compliant.
To be able to identify and implement formal processes such as capability management; disciplinary action etc.
To contribute to the successful implementation of organisational directives within the team and the achievement of annual team aims and objectives.
To continually look for and identify opportunities for improving the service and value for money, so that the overall aims and objectives of the service are achieved without impacting on patient’s quality of care.
To improve access to services by ensuring that service provision and delivery is culturally

appropriate for the targeted client group.

Support, teach and assess the developing clinical skills of junior team members in response to the changing needs within the localities.
Promote evidence-based practice that responds to local and national service standards, and to act as a resource to colleagues.
Maintain an oversight of the weekly / monthly allocations, ensuring staffing is optimal or sent to bank/agency as appropriate.
Deputise for Therapy Lead when they are unavailable / otherwise engaged / on leave.

This advert closes on Friday 31 Jul 2026

Camden RAS - Senior Physiotherapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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